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PetboyJoshua — Joshua - Ghost
Published: 2012-02-28 05:11:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 2285; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 41
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He's got no eyes, but somehow, you feel like he's staring at you.-------------------
I was a lot inspired by asian ghost stories when I first imagined Joshua's look, but I realized recently that I actually never drew him as some sort of ghost.
I know a few people who think that I'm scary as hell, thanks to the pale skin and the "I've got no face" stuff. This is for them.
I tried to keep the shading and lineart really simple for that one, I like how it came out, though.
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Looking at this portrait reminds me of several Japanese horror movies. It especially reminds me of Ju-On: The Grudge. There is a vacant look in his face, extremely expressive while also blank at the same time. There is a wonderful dichotomy in the simple and yet complex expression in the drawing. It feels like there is a playful expression, though that could be implied having seen other drawings of Joshua. Whenever I see a drawing or photograph of the pet boy there are two emotions that I see. I see an accepting sadness knowing there is no escape from his bondage, but there is also a devilish playfulness knowing that he can use his bondage for his own use. This blank expression conveys more emotion and dialogue then many detailed facial drawings.
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Hi there. I'm more or less just an observer in deviantart, but I like your projects and some of your sources of inspiration, like WAKFU.
This said, I loved to see a more serious piece from you. Not that I didn't like the bondage and fetish in general art, that you have, on the contrary, but this departs a bit from being sexy, to become somewhat more thought provoking.
If we forget the fetish part for a bit, Joshua is creepy. He is a featureless humanoid, whom you can't communicate with and is probably completely silent in his movement - virtually a corporeal shadow. You've captured that very well, giving him those lanky limbs and long torso and exaggerated neck muscles* , plus the pose which seems like hanging from a pylon or something. The face, 'looking' straightly towards the viewer is also a nice touch. "Look who just slid down the pipe and is staring at you."
May be the only thing that I didn't like entirely was the too bright white, it seems almost like glowing.
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*which remind me heavily of numerous zombie pictures, where the sternoclidomastoid muscles are usually shown bare, with no skin over them.
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*blinks*
It is worth the time-drain of Tumblr, if it leads me to people like you.
This is awesome; the concept, the art, the photographs in other sections of your gallery.
Just make sure you mind your manners so you don't get locked away...We would miss you!
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Japanese ghosts are honestly the scariest ones in the entire world lol
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so creppy 
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